The burqa affair across Europe : between public and private space

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    • Ferrari, Alessandro
    • Pastorelli, Sabrina

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The burqa affair across Europe : between public and private space

edited by Alessandro Ferrari, Sabrina Pastorelli

(Cultural diversity and law in association with RELIGARE)

Ashgate, c2013

  • : hbk

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

In recent years, the wearing of the full-face veil or burqa/niqab has proved a controversial issue in many multi-cultural European societies. Focussing on the socio-legal and human rights angle, this volume provides a useful comparative perspective on how the issue has been dealt with across a range of European states as well as at European institutional level. In so doing, the work draws a theoretical framework for the place of religion between public and private space. With contributions from leading experts from law, sociology and politics, the book presents a comparative and interdisciplinary approach to one of the most contentious and symbolic issues of recent times.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction, Alessandro Ferrari, Sabrina Pastorelli
  • Chapter 1 In Praise of Pragmatism, Silvio Ferrari
  • Chapter 2 Burqa and Islam, Roberta Aluffi Beck-Peccoz
  • Chapter 3 Burqa, Niqab and Women's Rights, Letizia Mancini
  • Chapter 4 A Besieged Right: Religious Freedom and the Italian War on the Burqa and the Niqab, Alessandro Ferrari
  • Chapter 5 The Burqa Affair in France, Anne Fornerod
  • Chapter 6 Legal and Social Issues Concerning the Wearing of the Burqa and Other Head Coverings in the United Kingdom, Mark Hill
  • Chapter 7 Introducing a General Burqa Ban in the Netherlands, Adriaan Overbeeke
  • Chapter 8 The Burqa Affair in Spain: Legal Perspectives, Agustin Motilla
  • Chapter 9 The Belgian 'Burqa Ban': Legal Aspects of Local and General Prohibitions on Covering and Concealing One's Face in Belgium, Jogchum Vrielink, Saila Ouald Chaib, Eva Brems
  • Chapter 10 A Quest for Open Helmets: On the Danish Burqa Affair, Lisbet Christoffersen
  • Chapter 11 Burqa in Germany - Not Really an Issue: A Short Note 1 We wish to thank Matthias Fleischer for his assistance in writing this chapter., Joern Thielmann, Kathrin Vorholzer
  • Chapter 12. Subsequent to the Como meeting there have been further workshops on the face-veil, including Empirical Face Veil Research, Human Rights Centre, Ghent University, 9 May 2012 (Organiser: Eva Brems)
  • and 'Illegal' Covering: Comparative Perspectives on Legal and Social Discourses on Religious Diversity, International Institute for the Sociology of Law (IISL), Onati, Spain, 17-18 May 2012 (Organisers: Valerie Amiraux and Pascale Fournier)., Ralph Grillo, Prakash Shah
  • Chapter 13 The Burqa in Europe: European Institutions and the Comparative/Interdisciplinary Approach, Daniele Ferrari, Sabrina Pastorelli
  • concl Conclusion: The European Burqa Debates: Past, Present and Future 1 These comments are based on a paper presented at the ENAR conference on European Racisms in Brusssels on 27-28 September 2012., Maleiha Malik
  • oth1 The Religare-Como Declaration on the Issue of the Burqa

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